Facebook app leaked to users in Israel.
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Facebook 'Phone' app leaks in Israel
Israelis were some of the Facebook for Android users around the world to have witnessed the leak of a new app which could be future replacement for your phone's core feature - the phone.
Israelis were some of the people around the world who discovered a new Facebook app on their Android phones that seemed to have been prematurely leaked.
The new Facebook app called "Phone" could be a future replacement for your phone's core feature.
According to the information that users saw on their screens, the app will display info about who's calling you, possibly pooling information from its user database, and will also block numbers that are commonly blocked such as spam.
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Users who found the app on their Facebook for Android app were greeted with an error page when they tapped "install or update" but this was probably due to the fact that the app is was intended for "FB Only" – most likely an internal version that was launched before its intended date.
The app's existence was first revealed over the weekend on the "Android Police" blog after users took screenshots of the message that appeared on their Facebook "News Feed" and sent it to the blog.
Facebook confirmed the existence of the app but refused to release further information. "We test new things all the time," Facebook said in response.
In recent months, Facebook has begun implementing a new mobile strategy, which includes the launch of separate applications in addition to its main application – a move that began with the release – though unsuccessful – of Facebook Home, which enabled users to see their Facebook news feed even when their phone was locked.
Afterwards, Facebook launched its Messenger app and another app called Mentions which allows celebrities and public figures to respond to "mentions" – even enabling them to respond to negative comments made about them on the social network.
